How fast do you actually turn around a unit between tenants?
Category: Operations
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Original post
Had a turnover this month that reminded me why I hate back-to-back move-outs and move-ins. Old tenant left one Saturday, new one wanted in that Wednesday, and between cleaning, a paint touch-up, and swapping locks it was way tighter than I wanted with everything else I've got going on across the other units.
At 7 doors I feel like I'm always juggling at least one turnover on top of regular stuff, so I've been debating just building in a standard week gap between tenants instead of trying to squeeze it every time to avoid losing a few days rent. Anyone else at a similar size figured out a sweet spot, or does it just depend too much on the unit each time?
Reply by Christina Calderon
It honestly depends on the unit and what needs done maintenance/cleaning wise. At 10 units, we usually end up taking a week (and that's if we've had the standard 60 days' notice to list the unit and line up a new tenant).If you have a property manager tight turnarounds are definitely more feasible. But for those of us with regular jobs and lives to live on top of real estate, we do the best we can